It is rightly said, “Focus is
the key to success.” ‘Focus’ in Gujarati means ‘એકાગ્રતા’. At
Atmiya Vidya Mandir, we organize creative assemblies to help the children become
aware of the hurdles of student life and how to overcome them. On Friday, 26th
October 2018, Satyam House enacted a small drama titled “ચાલો, થઈએ ગુણાતીત જેવા”, demonstrating how to avoid distractions and focus on the task
assigned. Two prasangs were performed, one from the life of Gunatitanandswamiji
and one from Param Pujya Swamishree’s life.

The story was about a young
boy named Sapanbhai, who could not memorize even small definitions like that of
Osmosis and could not complete any homework in scheduled time. Frustrated, and
being scolded and counselled by his friends, he goes to sleep. In his dreams he
meets his house master who tells him a prasang of Gunatitanandswamiji. He tells
him how focused Gunatitanandswamiji was as he was unaware of the monkeys that
disrupted the decorum of the spiritual gathering conducted by Muktanandswamiji.
When questioned how He could remain so focused, Gunatitanandswamiji humbly
replied that it was not in His capacity to do so, but He kept praying to
Maharaj to grant Him such focus. As a result, Maharaj blesses Him with immense
strength to avoid distraction and stay focussed.

The next day in the morning,
when the house master came to wake up children, Sapanbhai shared his dream with
him. Upon severe insistence from Sapanbhai, he explains how to become ‘એકાગ્ર’ through a small prasang from our dearest Swamishree’s life. He shared
how Swamiji remained focused in reading Vachanamrut, while the flight was
delayed on the airport. He went to say that the A.C. in the flight was not
working, the technicians and the flight staff were constantly moving around and
the passengers were all filled with anxiety. But in such annoying and
frustrating situation Swamishree was very calm and composed, He was completely
focussed in reading Vachanamrut and remained oblivious to what was happening
around Him. It was after 5 hours of delay that the flight was again ready to
take off.

Thus, through this short play,
we all learnt that while we are seated in the class, we must avoid all sorts of
distractions that can break our focus. We learnt that while we are seated in
the class, we must not fidget with pen and pencil, not look out of the window
or in the corridor, not bother about who is going and who is coming, not bother
about who is doing what work, but remain focused on our own study and on what
the teacher is teaching in the class.

Gunatitanandswamiji and Swamishree’s
lives are an epitome of ‘એકાગ્રતા’. Children became committed to
practice to remain focused in class. They also learnt that when their focus is
broken, they would recall and remember these two prasangs and pray to God to
give strength to become focussed like Gunatitanandswamiji.